Films about weddings

Wedding Films A–Z

Here’s a list of wedding films to give you tips, inspiration and to get you in the mood. Everything from the most-watched film (Four Weddings and a Funeral) to the slightly offbeat ones. You’ll find these films on most streaming services.

27 Dresses

2008 more info
Jane is the girl who does everything to please everyone else. She organises her friends’ wedding parties one after the other, whilst she herself dreams of getting married, but her eternal role in life seems to be that of a bridesmaid. Hanging in her wardrobe are no fewer than twenty-seven dresses she has worn whilst acting as a bridesmaid, which explains the film’s title. Jane is always the self-sacrificing, kind and well-liked friend who never says no. She puts herself and her own well-being aside for the sake of others’ happiness and is obsessed with the idea of her own wedding, which never seems to come.

American Pie – The Wedding

2003 more info
All the beloved and crazy characters from *American Pie* reunite once again for a very special occasion: Jim and Michelle are getting married. Unfortunately, problems arise when Jim has to meet Michelle’s parents. Stifler plans the ultimate stag do, Jim’s dad is more than willing to step in with some crazy advice, and Finch tries to keep Stifler away from the very sexy bridesmaid, who just happens to be Michelle’s little sister.

Bridesmaids

2011 more info
Whilst some might prefer the more hysterical stag party comedy *The Hangover*, Kristen Wiig’s spot-on breakthrough feels a more direct fit. It tackles friendship, jealousy, the single life and mid-life crises in the run-up to a hen do and wedding. Plus, it features one of the most hilariously embarrassing bridesmaid speeches ever seen on film.

The Bride’s Best Man

2008 more info
Tom and Hannah have been close friends for 10 years. When Hannah gets engaged, she asks Tom if he’d like to be her “bridesmaid” at her wedding. He reluctantly agrees, hoping to stop the wedding and win her heart.

Father of the Bride

1991 more info
*The Father of the Bride* is the hit comedy about George Banks (Steve Martin), a well-meaning father trying to organise his only daughter’s wedding. The chaos begins when his daughter, the apple of his eye, unexpectedly announces her engagement, triggering a madcap series of events. Everything from a chaotic first meeting with the future son-in-law’s family to a raging snowstorm on the wedding day itself.

Wedding in Italy

2012 more info
With *Wedding in Italy*, Susanne Bier is back with a delightful romantic comedy, in the same spirit as *Four Weddings and a Funeral*. It is a story about a series of different life stories – in which everyone is searching for love. A film about passion and happiness, about jealousy and loneliness. But first and foremost, it’s about having the courage to make life’s big choices – even when you think it’s too late.

The Wedding Duel

2009 more info
Emma and Liv have been best friends all their lives and have shared everything, including their dream of the perfect wedding. But when a double booking means both their weddings end up on the same day, at the same time, in the same venue, there’s only one thing for it – a catfight!

The Wedding Fixer

2001 more info
*The Wedding Planner* is a romantic comedy about love, fate and other things you can’t plan for. Jennifer Lopez plays the role of San Francisco’s most successful wedding planner, providing soon-to-be-married couples with romance and glamour. She knows all the tricks of the trade. She knows all the rules. But when she falls head over heels for the groom, Matthew McConaughey, she breaks the most important rule of all.

The Wedding Night

2005 more info
The wedding night would have been absolutely wonderful – if it hadn’t been for one small detail: they aren’t the ones getting married. Two strangers meet at a wedding and realise they have more in common than they thought – and that they are more different than they can actually stand. Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart play the hapless couple in the romantic film *The Wedding Night* – a clever and charming comedy with unexpected mix-ups and witty dialogue, about love and other disasters.

The Royal Wedding

2010
On 19 June 2010, Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling were married; upon his marriage, Daniel was granted the title Prince Daniel Westling of the House of Bernadotte, Duke of Västergötland and Knight of the Order of the Seraphim. Sveriges Television was granted exclusive rights to broadcast throughout the entire wedding day. This DVD contains the full wedding ceremony in Storkyrkan, highlights of the wedding procession through Stockholm, the journey aboard the sloop Vasaorden, the musical tribute at Lejonbacken with the Crown Princess’s words of thanks to the people, unique footage from the wedding dinner in the Hall of State, featuring speeches by King Carl Gustaf and Olle Westling, as well as Prince Daniel’s speech to his new wife.

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994 more info
8 friends, 5 priests, 11 wedding dresses, 16 in-laws, 2,000 champagne glasses and two people who are made for each other, but are too busy attending weddings to realise it. These are the ingredients of one of the most charming and romantic comedies ever made, Mike Newell’s fantastic hit, acclaimed by audiences and critics alike around the world.

Licence to Wed

2007 more info
You’re driving through the centre of Chicago blind. Look after two screaming, drooling babies with terrifying appearances – robots. Stop having sex. Yes, that too. It’s no small thing that Reverend Frank demands before you’re allowed to say ‘I do!’ Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski star in this absurd, carefree romantic comedy about a young couple eager to walk down the aisle and a priest who wants to reduce the divorce rate by weeding out couples who don’t stand a chance of making it before it’s time to throw the rice.

Love, Wedding, Marriage

2011 more info
This marriage business isn’t all that easy. Just ask Ava, who ought to be walking on air after her wedding to the man of her dreams, Charlie. Instead, she’s got her hands full keeping the rest of the family in check, as they really don’t seem to understand the meaning of ‘for better or for worse’. The only question is whether Ava herself – despite actually working as a marriage counsellor – really knows what that actually means.

Mamma Mia!

2008 website
With just days to go until the happiest day of her life, something is missing for young Sophie. Her wedding to her beloved Skye won’t feel complete without her dad there. The only problem is – who is Sophie’s dad? For ABBA fans, and perhaps even more so for Swedish ABBA fans, it’s the perfect recipe for a huge party with sing-alongs, and a joyful atmosphere that lingers long after the final dance number.

Margot at the Wedding

2007 more info
Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) is back with a not-all-that-cheerful wedding film. Margot (Nicole Kidman) is constantly taking jabs at everyone around her, including her son. You feel sorry for Margot, but you feel even more sorry for her loved ones. Her sister Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is getting married, a fact Margot finds rather hard to accept. Pauline is really just seeking Margot’s validation and approval, even though she seems, deep down, to loathe her scheming sister; one could say the plot revolves around their toxic relationship.

Miffo

2003 more info
Tobias is a newly ordained priest who starts working in one of Stockholm’s poorest suburbs, believing he can change the world. The grey concrete stands in stark contrast to his safe, middle-class home. Here he meets Carola, who lives on benefits and shares a home with her alcoholic mother. Love blossoms, but can their worlds be brought together? A romantic comedy about class differences that still persist in our modern age. The film features an incredibly funny wedding scene.

My Best Friend’s Wedding

1997 more info
What do you do when your best friend suddenly wants to get married – to someone else? Julianne is prepared to do anything… For years, she and Michael have been best friends, even though she knew Michael actually wanted much more than that. But now he’s just told her he’s getting married – to a beautiful, intelligent and funny woman who’s set to inherit millions. At that very moment, Julianne realises that Michael is actually the man of her life… and with only four days left until the wedding, no trick is too simple, no lie too big and no plan too wild.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

2002 more info
Toula’s dad, Gus, not only believes that everyone wants to be Greek, he also thinks that a good Greek girl has three duties in life: to marry a nice Greek lad, to have Greek babies and to spend her life cooking for everyone.Toula is already 30, but hasn’t managed to do any of these things. Her life is as dull as her clothes, her hairstyle and her manner. The turning point comes, however, when a handsome, young American walks into the restaurant.

Monsoon Wedding

2000 more info
During the monsoon season, the Verna family returns to New Delhi from all corners of the world for a ‘last-minute wedding’. We follow five different stories that intertwine, presenting various portrayals of love and how it transcends class boundaries, national borders and moral divides. Mira Nair and the author Sabrina Dhawan bring together the old and the new, the archaic and the irreverent, the innocent and the sexual in today’s globalised Delhi.

Muriel’s Wedding

1994 more info
Muriel is a self-pitying, ABBA-worshipping and overweight young woman in search of love. She lives in a small town in Australia and doesn’t quite fit in. Her favourite pastime is attending other people’s weddings, but she grows tired of constantly being just an observer of love.

Oh, What a Wedding

1978 more info
Dino Sloan comes from a distinguished family on the brink of ruin. Margaret Brenner’s parents are nouveau riche boors. During their wedding, the two families gather at the Sloan estate. The reception has barely begun when Dino’s elderly grandmother suddenly dies – a tragic event with unforeseen consequences. During the party, many well-kept secrets are revealed and the evening comes to a most unexpected end.

Runaway Bride

1999 more info
Ike Graham is a well-known reporter at a New York newspaper, notorious for his cynical articles about women. One day, at his local pub, he hears about Maggie, a young woman known for having left no fewer than three men at the altar. Fascinated by the story, Ike writes an article about Maggie. However, the newspaper article has unforeseen consequences. Ike himself travels to Maggie’s hometown of Hale in Maryland to seek the truth.

Sex and the City

2008 more info
After moving in together in an incredibly beautiful flat in New York, Carrie and Mr Big make the somewhat impulsive decision to get married. But the wedding itself is no slapdash affair. The guest list expands from 75 to 200 guests.

The Big Wedding

2013 more info
The Big Wedding is a romantic comedy about a charming modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding that has the potential to turn into a family fiasco. In an attempt to entertain their adult children and friends, the long-divorced Don and Ellie Griffin (Robert De Niro and Diane Keaton) once again play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son’s wedding, after his ultra-conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend.

The Wedding Date

2005 more info
Not only has Kat Ellis been inexplicably dumped by her fiancé, but now her younger sister is getting married, and her ex is to be the best man. The thought of being subjected to all the pitying glances, mocking comments and, not least, her parents’ disappointed looks, drives Kat to despair. So desperate that she contacts a luxury escort agency in New York and books a man to play the part of her new, super-charming American lover – whilst driving her ex mad with jealousy.

The Wedding Singer

1998 more info
The film is about Robbie Hart, a man who earns a living singing at weddings. He is due to get married himself but is left at the altar by his fiancée, Linda. Robbie is utterly devastated and finds it very difficult to carry on with his work, as he can no longer bear to be anywhere near a wedding. However, his friend Julia asks him to sing at her wedding. Her fiancé, though, is a right bastard, and it isn’t long before Robbie realises he’s starting to fall in love with Julia.

Wedding Crashers

2005 trailer
In the comedy *Wedding Crashers*, the single lads John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Grey (Vince Vaughn) are colleagues and friends who share a passion for a very special springtime pastime – crashing weddings. It doesn’t matter whether it’s an Italian, Jewish, Irish, Chinese or Hindu wedding; the charismatic duo always have a story at the ready for curious guests. As well as free food and drink, there are plenty of marriage-minded women whom they then abandon when the night is over. Life is a party… until the day John meets Claire and the game suddenly turns serious.

What Happens in Vegas

2008 more info
Recently dumped Joy (Cameron Diaz) and bachelor Jack (Ashton Kutcher) get married whilst drunk in Las Vegas. Neither of them remembers the wedding, and Joy immediately wants a divorce and to forget the whole thing – until Jack hits the jackpot at the casino and becomes a millionaire. In court, the judge orders them to stay married for six months just to get their hands on the money. Joy moves into Jack’s dingy flat, bickering, arguing and hating him. They attend marriage counselling and do everything they can to get the other to file for divorce.

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